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Revue de presse :
Praise for The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
“A gorgeous piece of period reconstruction . . . All the details of pickling and purging, gymnastics and ‘coming up to scratch’ worked into an exciting plot.”
—The Daily Telegraph
“A rich and unusual mystery, with suspense enough for the most confirmed addict.”
—Los Angeles Times
“A splendid thick-ear thriller in the literal sense.”
—The Guardian
“Cribb was the first of the new-wave Victorian crime-fighters and is arguably still the best.”
—Sherlock Holmes Magazine
“A strongly plotted mystery that will keep the reader in suspense until the very end. Soho Press is to be commended for re-releasing this outstanding series for a new generation of mystery readers.”
—Mysterious Reviews
Présentation de l'éditeur :
The second Sergeant Cribb Investigation set in the seedy underbelly of Victorian London
Pugilism, a brutal form of bare-knuckle boxing, is forbidden by law in late Victorian England, but Sergeant Cribb discovers evidence that it continues in secret, finding a corpse whose hands were “pickled” for fighting. He sends young constable Henry Jago to infiltrate the fighting ring, but Jago is endangered when more murders ensue.
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- ÉditeurPenguin Books Ltd
- Date d'édition1980
- ISBN 10 0140055584
- ISBN 13 9780140055580
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages176
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